Houston panchang, 26 October 2026
Sunrise 07:31 Sunset 18:38 Moonrise 18:53 Ashwin month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:31 to 18:38- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:55 – 10:18
- Yamaganda 11:41 – 13:05
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:42 – 13:27
- Durmuhurta 13:27 – 14:11
- Gulika Kalam 14:28 – 15:51
- Durmuhurta 15:40 – 16:25
- 09:54 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:38 to 07:32 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:38 – 21:13
- Brahma Muhurta 05:49 – 06:40 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:32 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 20:32 Karana becomes Taitila
- 00:23 next day Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 05:09 next day Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 07:06 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 20:32
- Nakshatra Bharani until 05:09 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Siddhi until 00:23 next day
- Karana Balava until 09:54, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Libra
- 09:54 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 20:32 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 20:32 Karana becomes Taitila
- 00:23 next day Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 05:09 next day Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 07:06 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:55 – 10:18
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:41 – 13:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:27 – 14:11
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:28 – 15:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:40 – 16:25
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 00:23 – 20:48 next day
Good windows
- Brahma Muhurta Current practice: the 14th of the night's 15 muhurtas, ending one muhurta before sunrise. Manusmṛti 4.92 names the brahma muhurta; Kullūka (1909, p. 149) reads it as the last yama of the night, and Govindarāja, as Kullūka reports him, as its last muhurta. 05:48 – 06:40
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:42 – 13:27
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:38 – 21:13
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:31 – 08:55 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:55 – 10:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:18 – 11:41 | Good |
| Rog | 11:41 – 13:05 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:05 – 14:28 | Bad |
| Char | 14:28 – 15:51 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:51 – 17:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:15 – 18:38 | Good |
| Char | 18:38 – 20:15 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:15 – 21:52 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:52 – 23:28 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:28 – 01:05 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:05 – 02:42 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:42 – 04:19 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:19 – 05:55 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:55 – 07:32 next day | Neutral |
Hora
Seasonal horas: the daytime and the night each in 12 parts. No printed source is cited for this split.
Equal horas: 60 minutes (2.5 ghatis) each, counted from sunrise as Vivaha-vrndavana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 07:31 NowMoon
- 08:27 NowSaturn
- 09:22 NowJupiter
- 10:18 NowMars
- 11:14 NowSun
- 12:09 NowVenus
- 13:05 NowMercury
- 14:00 NowMoon
- 14:56 NowSaturn
- 15:51 NowJupiter
- 16:47 NowMars
- 17:43 NowSun
- 18:38 NowVenus
- 19:43 NowMercury
- 20:47 NowMoon
- 21:52 NowSaturn
- 22:56 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:01 NowMars
- 01:05 NowSun
- 02:10 NowVenus
- 03:14 NowMercury
- 04:19 NowMoon
- 05:23 NowSaturn
- 06:28 NowJupiter
- 07:31 NowMoon
- 08:31 NowSaturn
- 09:31 NowJupiter
- 10:31 NowMars
- 11:31 NowSun
- 12:31 NowVenus
- 13:31 NowMercury
- 14:31 NowMoon
- 15:31 NowSaturn
- 16:31 NowJupiter
- 17:31 NowMars
- 18:31 NowSun
- 19:31 NowVenus
- 20:31 NowMercury
- 21:31 NowMoon
- 22:31 NowSaturn
- 23:31 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:31 NowMars
- 01:31 NowSun
- 02:31 NowVenus
- 03:31 NowMercury
- 04:31 NowMoon
- 05:31 NowSaturn
- 06:31 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:48 – 06:53 Virgo
- 06:53 – 09:14 Libra
- 09:14 – 11:33 Scorpio
- 11:33 – 13:36 Sagittarius
- 13:36 – 15:18 Capricorn
- 15:18 – 16:44 Aquarius
- 16:44 – 18:08 Pisces
- 18:08 – 19:42 Aries
- 19:42 – 21:37 Taurus
- 21:37 – 23:52 Gemini
- 23:52 – 02:13 next day Cancer
- 02:13 – 04:31 next day Leo
- 04:31 – 06:49 next day Virgo
- 06:49 – 07:32 next day Libra
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
Lahiri ayanamsa · sunrise and sunset at the centre of the Sun’s disc, with refraction, at sea level · Swiss Ephemeris · times in CDT (UTC-5) · Method